Doubly Useful Awa Odori Info: See the Shortcut to Having Fun in Japan!

The Awa Odori of Japan is famous worldwide right now. It’s slightly postponed but there are plans to hold an Awa Odori Paris 2015 too.

Awa Odori originated in Tokushima Prefecture. The Tokushima Awa Odori Festival has a 400-year-old history, lasts for 4 days from 8/12-8/15, has about 1.3 million attendees and about 100,000 dancers. Talk about awesome! lol

So, now I’m going to share some details about Awa Odori. Look forward to the end for some very useful information.

Tokushima Awa Odori

1. Soh Odori

総踊り

There’s a variety of styles, called “ren,” within the Awa Odori. Did you know that the dancers’ outfits are different in every line? They’re separated by their “rens” and all dancing together.

2. Women’s Dance

女踊り

They’re segregated by gender as well. The women’s dance is quite refined.

3. Men’s Dance

男踊り

On the other hand, the men’s dance uses fans and paper lanterns and their dancing is very lively.

4. Mixed Styles

混合型

However, even among the women are many with twisted headbands and lively dancing.

And this restaurant has items popular with foreigners like sukiyaki, yakitori, sushi, ramen and matcha mochi to go along with their events, making this a tremendously popular izakaya with foreign tourists.

They’ve received a lot of TV coverage so it’s the perfect place to visit for those who say that want to be on Japanese TV—just kidding! I mean those who want to try the Awa Odori!

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